MKR fans excited as winners Simone and Viviana launch $260 project: 'Special'

While My Kitchen Rules fans have been travelling from all over Australia to visit Simone Prest’s restaurant in Brisbane, the Italian-born chef has announced that he and Viviana Barile are teaming up for an exciting new culinary project. The duo, who walked away from this year’s season of the reality show with $100,000, took to social media over the weekend to share that they are hosting a pop-up restaurant in Sydney for one night only.

Members of the public are encouraged to “step into the heart of Puglia” and taste the pair’s cooking at Cucinetta, an Italian restaurant in Sydney overlooking the harbour, on Monday, December 16. Simone and Viviana have teamed up with Chef Vincenzo to create a menu that showcases “the very best of Italian cuisine”.

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The event will feature live cooking stations with wood-fired pizzas, creamy pasta in a cheese wheel and handmade cheeses, bottomless drinks, antipasto and live music. Tickets are $260 per person, which is inclusive of all food, drinks and entertainment.

Fans go wild for exclusive event

Fans have since taken to social media to express their excitement over the “exciting” event, with their co-star Lawrence Murphy even admitting that he wished he lived in Sydney.

“This sounds fabulous,” another added, with someone else writing, “Love Viviana & Simone. You two definitely have a brilliant, successful future ahead of you”.

“We have to go!” one person shared while tagging their friend, followed by a different user who said, “The best! I can’t wait!”.

Others also encouraged the pair to launch pop-up restaurants all over the country so they could try their food.

“Come to Adelaide!” one person wrote, followed by another who said, “Please come to Perth”.

“Looks amazing but I can’t come because you’re in Sydney! Please come to Melbourne,” a different user replied.

Simone and Viviana reveal plans for future TV show

The announcement comes shortly after Simone told Yahoo Lifestyle that while he and Viviana don’t have any plans to open a restaurant together, they are hoping to launch their own cooking show in the future.

“That would be something we would consider because when we cook, if there is no pressure behind us, we can be very funny and we can play around and we can create very good dishes,” he detailed. “So that would be something we would really consider, and hopefully we will be given the chance to do it.”

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Viviana added that her ideal show with Simone would be one where they get to travel around the world together.

“I would love to do something that involves travelling, like Simone and I going around, trying different foods and learning from other cultures,” she said. “We show our culture to them, and they show us theirs. I would love something like that.”

“We will find the right format for us and hopefully someone will make it happen,” Simone remarked.

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